backwards compatibility

On Monday, November 9 Microsoft will announce the full list of 100 Xbox 360 games that will be first to become backwards compatible on Xbox One, says head of all …
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Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox at Microsoft, announced that the New Xbox One Experience dashboard will be available to all Xbox One users November 12. Along with backwards compatibility for …
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After passing on Xbox 360 backwards compatibility when initially unveiling the Xbox One, Microsoft has had a real change of heart about the feature. Phil Spencer announced this past E3 …
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Microsoft released the latest system update for Xbox One last night, according to Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb. The update is bereft of new features, but it prepares consoles for Windows 10 Read More

Microsoft has plans in place to add one of the most-requested features missing from its next-gen Xbox One video game console — backwards compatibility. Responding to an audience member who asked if there were plans in place for Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in San Francisco, the platform holder’s Partner Development Lead Frank Savage confirmed that such plans do indeed exist, reports Kotaku.

“There are [plans for Xbox 360 emulation on Xbox One], but we’re not done thinking them through yet, unfortunately,” Savage stated. “It turns out to be hard to emulate the PowerPC stuff on the X86 stuff. So there’s nothing to announce, but I would love to see it myself.”

When they launched this past November, neither Microsoft’s Xbox One nor Sony’s PlayStation 4 came equipped with backwards compatibility for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, their respective predecessors. The Xbox 360 was capable of playing select original Xbox games. Early PlayStation 3 models were capable of full PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility, while later versions of the console were only able to play digital PS2 games purchased on the PlayStation Store, not original disc-based versions of PS2 titles.

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According to Xbox Director of Product Planning Albert Penello, backwards compatibility is “absolutely” a possibility at some point in the future for the Xbox One. Speaking to GameSpot at …
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